Lifestyle illicit drug seizures: A routine ESI-LC-MS method for the identification of sildenafil and vardenafil

Forensic Science International

Volumn 222, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 83-88

  Patterson, Rainey ^a   Mabe, Phillip ^a   Mitchell, E Nicole ^b   Cory, Wendy ^a  

^a School of Business   (United States)

^b Forensic Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Levitra; Mass spectrometry; Sildenafil; Vardenafil; Viagra

Indexed keywords

SILDENAFIL; VARDENAFIL;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG STABILITY; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG TRAFFIC; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; FORENSIC SCIENCE; FRAGMENTATION REACTION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEIZURE;

EID: 84865616489     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2012.05.003     Document Type: Article

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